• Detail of zoomorphic initial., De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium

the text is by Stephen Gardiner (b. 1495/8, d. 1555), theologian, administrator, and bishop of Winchester, and was written in London in 1549.Unidentified owner: inscribed with a shelfmark (?) '26' (?) (f. 1, upper left corner).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585,

• Detail of puzzle initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.6.28’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Detail of marginal drawing of Virgil., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), etc.

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Detail of puzzle initial., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), etc.

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Ink drawing of Virgil, crowned; Puzzle initial 'P'(rimus)., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), etc.

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• CP.F.196

the Abbey of Selby Location: Abbey of Selby (monasterium sancti Germani de Selby) : religious house Location: Selby (YorkshireWestRiding) Place(s): Selby (Selby) : undefined Location: Drax (YorkshireWestRiding) Place(s): Newland (Newland super Ayre, Newland) : township Location: London (Londonium) : undefined